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Swahili

mwumikaji

mwoo-mee-KAH-jee

How to say it

Swahilimwumikajimwoo-mee-KAH-jeesoon
Englishtormentorsoon
Frenchbourreausoon

Meaning

a person who causes pain or hurt to others; a tormentor.

Good to know

class 1/2 noun; from kuumiza (to hurt); a variant of mwumizi/mwumishi.

Examples

  • Mwumikaji alimtesa mtumwa wake.The tormentor tortured his slave.
  • Je, mwumikaji ameadhibiwa?Has the tormentor been punished?
  • Hakuwa mwumikaji wa wanyama.He was not a tormentor of animals.

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